FPSC · Intelligence Bureau · 2018
Solved FPSC Assistant Director past paper 2018 — 100 MCQs with verified answers and explanations. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers Current Affairs, Everyday Science, Mathematics.
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The FPSC Assistant Director (Intelligence Bureau) past paper from 28 January 2018 contains 100 solved MCQs covering Current Affairs, Everyday Science, Mathematics, English, General Knowledge and Islamic Studies, with verified answers and a factual explanation for every question.
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Subject 1
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Correct Answer: gravitational waves
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves on 11 February 2016.
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Correct Answer: Coulomb
The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb.
Correct Answer: pascal
The SI unit of pressure is the pascal.
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Correct Answer: shorter
Very High Frequency (VHF) waves have shorter wavelengths than lower-frequency radio waves.
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Correct Answer: Convex
Long-sightedness (hypermetropia) is corrected with a convex (converging) lens.
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Correct Answer: night blindness
Deficiency of Vitamin A causes night blindness.
Correct Answer: rickets
Deficiency of Vitamin D causes rickets.
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Correct Answer: increase
By Boyle's law, at constant temperature decreasing a gas's volume increases its pressure.
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Correct Answer: 120
Red blood cells live for about 120 days.
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Correct Answer: 1 g/cm3
The density of water is 1 g/cm3.
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Correct Answer: Becquerel
Radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel.
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Correct Answer: battery
A battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Correct Answer: Star
The Sun is a star.
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Correct Answer: 5
An average adult has a blood volume of about 5 litres.
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Correct Answer: Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.
Correct Answer: Oxygen
Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust.
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Correct Answer: 10,000 to 15,000
An adult breathes roughly 11,000 litres of air a day, inside the 10,000-15,000 litre range.
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Correct Answer: Osmium
Osmium is the densest naturally occurring substance on Earth.
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Correct Answer: convex lens
A camera uses a convex lens to form an image.
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Correct Answer: Silicon
Silicon is a semiconductor, not a conductor like aluminium or graphite, so it is the item that is NOT a conductor.
Subject 2
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Correct Answer: Central America
Honduras is situated in Central America.
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Correct Answer: Lebanese Pound
The currency of Lebanon is the Lebanese pound.
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Correct Answer: Africa
Africa is the second-largest continent after Asia.
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Correct Answer: Geomorphology
The study of past and present landscapes is called geomorphology.
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Correct Answer: Bali
Mount Agung, printed as 'Agu', is a volcano in Bali.
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Correct Answer: Mumbai
Mumbai is called the Miami of India in this paper's trivia reading.
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Correct Answer: Washington DC
The World Bank is headquartered in Washington DC.
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Correct Answer: Jasmine
The national flower of Pakistan is the jasmine.
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Correct Answer: Chairman Senate
In the absence of the President, the Chairman of the Senate acts as President.
Subject 3
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Correct Answer: 40
Hazrat Ali (RA) was martyred in 40 Hijrah.
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Correct Answer: Palestine
Palestine is called the Land of Prophets.
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Correct Answer: 4
There are 4 faraiz (obligatory acts) in wuzu.
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Correct Answer: 6
The Sihah Sittah (Saha Satta) are the six authentic books of Hadith.
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Correct Answer: Fateh
'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' is stated in Surah Al-Fath (Fateh).
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Correct Answer: Ahzaab
The verse calling the Prophet's wives 'mothers of the believers' is in Surah Al-Ahzab.
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Correct Answer: 4
The name Muhammad is mentioned 4 times in the Holy Quran.
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Correct Answer: Al-Namal
Surah An-Naml (Al-Namal) contains Bismillah twice.
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Correct Answer: Hashmi
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) belonged to the Hashmi (Banu Hashim) family.
Subject 4
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Correct Answer: Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid was the President of Bangladesh in January 2018.
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Correct Answer: Bangladesh
Pope Francis visited Bangladesh on 30 November 2017, after visiting Myanmar.
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Correct Answer: Michel Aoun
Saad Hariri was the Prime Minister of Lebanon in January 2018.
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Correct Answer: 15
The 2019 Rugby World Cup actually featured 20 teams; the paper's printed options did not include 20 and its key gives 15, retained here with that note.
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Correct Answer: 3
The paper keys 3 casualties for the 30 November 2017 drone strike near the Kurram Agency border; this contemporary figure rests on the key alone.
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Correct Answer: Google
Google faced the UK lawsuit over iPhone users' data (the Safari workaround claim covering about 5 million users).
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Correct Answer: gravitational waves
The LIGO announcement of 11 February 2016 was the detection of gravitational waves (the same item as Q1, printed twice).
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Correct Answer: 969
The Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project has a capacity of 969 MW.
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Correct Answer: Indus
The Diamer-Basha Dam is built on the Indus River.
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Correct Answer: Islamabad
Pakistan's Naval Headquarters is situated in Islamabad.
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Correct Answer: 9th January 2017
The Babur missile was tested on 9 January 2017 (the Babur-3 submarine-launched test).
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Correct Answer: 20th April 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping made his historic visit to Pakistan on 20 April 2015.
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Correct Answer: Sara Tarar
Saira Afzal Tarar (printed as Sara Tarar) was Pakistan's Health Minister in January 2018.
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Correct Answer: Iran
The paper keys Iran as the country of the health-services deal signed during the Pakistani Health Minister's visit; this rests on the key alone.
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Correct Answer: 26th Nov 2017
The Defence Ministers' meeting of the Islamic Military Alliance was held on 26 November 2017.
Correct Answer: 41
The Islamic Military Alliance coalition numbered 41 countries.
Correct Answer: Qatar
Qatar did not participate in the recent Islamic Military Alliance meeting, as printed.
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Correct Answer: Qatar
The paper prints 'Qatar' as the answer to the transit-agreement item, retained as printed although the item is ambiguous.
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Correct Answer: 12 March 1949
The Constituent Assembly passed the Objectives Resolution on 12 March 1949.
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Correct Answer: 40 years
The paper keys 40 years, the presidential age under the 1956 Constitution; the stem as printed does not name the office.
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Correct Answer: 9 years
Pakistan got its first constitution in 1956, nine years after independence in 1947.
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Correct Answer: Tikka Khan
General Tikka Khan was the first to hold the title Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan (1972); Frank Messervy had been the first Commander-in-Chief.
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Correct Answer: Abdul Sattar Edhi
A Rs. 50 commemorative coin was issued in honour of Abdul Sattar Edhi.
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Correct Answer: 147
Pakistan ranked 147th in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings current in late 2017.
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Correct Answer: T-129
Pakistan negotiated with Turkey for T-129 attack helicopters.
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Correct Answer: Malala
Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist from Swat, is the answer; the book key's Hira Akbar is incorrect.
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Correct Answer: N35
The Karakoram Highway is also designated N-35.
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Correct Answer: Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa
The Dasu Dam is situated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Correct Answer: Indus
The Indus rises in Tibet, not Kashmir; the item is ambiguous because Ravi and Chenab also rise outside Kashmir, and it is retained at the paper's key.
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Correct Answer: Jehlum
The Khewra Salt Mines are situated in Jhelum district, Punjab.
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Correct Answer: Auxiliary Verb
'Is' in the sentence is an auxiliary verb.
Correct Answer: Abstract Noun
'Honesty' in 'Honesty is the best policy' is an abstract noun.
Correct Answer: Abstract
'Power' is an abstract noun.
Correct Answer: Concrete Noun
'Soldier' and 'enemy' are concrete nouns.
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Correct Answer: Simple Sentence
'He got up and lit a cigarette' is a simple sentence (one clause, compound predicate).
Correct Answer: One independent and one dependent clause
A complex sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
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Correct Answer: went
'He went to Lahore yesterday' — the past tense 'went' fits 'yesterday'.
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Correct Answer: Flattering
Cajoling means flattering.
Correct Answer: Defalcate
Embezzled is synonymous with defalcate (to misappropriate funds).
Correct Answer: Assiduous
Diligent is synonymous with assiduous.
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Correct Answer: contentment
Complacency means contentment (self-satisfaction).
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Correct Answer: And
'She bought a new sweater and gave the old sweater to the maid' — the conjunction is 'and'.
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Correct Answer: 1 Billion Km
Folding 1 mm paper 50 times gives a thickness of 2 to the power 50 mm, about 1 billion km.
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Correct Answer: 71 Years
Three years ago the three ages totalled 80 minus 9, which is 71 years.
Correct Answer: 6
A is 3 years older than B and 3 years younger than C, and B and D are twins, so C is 6 years older than D.
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Correct Answer: 124
Solving 25x + 20(324-x) = 7100 paise gives 124 twenty-five-paise coins.
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Correct Answer: 1074
Counting digits gives 1,099 pages, which none of the printed options offered; the paper's key gives 1,074, retained here with that note.
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Correct Answer: 100 days
100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, so 4 cats kill 4 mice in 100 days.
Correct Answer: 16
4 weavers make 4 mats in 4 days, so 8 weavers make 16 mats in 8 days.
Correct Answer: 13
39 times 12 times 5 person-hours divided by 30 times 6 gives 13 days.
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Correct Answer: 224 km
Half the journey at 21 km/h and half at 24 km/h over 10 hours gives a total journey of 224 km.
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Correct Answer: 35 km/hr
At 5/7 of its actual speed the car does 25 km/h, so its actual speed is 35 km/h.
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Correct Answer: 16 km
Solving x/4 + (61-x)/9 = 9 gives 16 km travelled on foot.
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Correct Answer: 120 rolls
45 cuts a minute for 24 minutes is 1080 cuts, and 9 cuts per roll gives 120 rolls.
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Correct Answer: None of these
A clock striking seven takes seven seconds for six intervals, so ten strikes take nine intervals, 10.5 seconds — none of the printed options.
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Correct Answer: 25
The smallest number leaving remainder 1 on division by 2, 3 and 4 and divisible by 5 is 25.
Correct Answer: 358
The number leaving remainder 8 on division by 25 and remainder 22 on division by 28 is 358.
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Correct Answer: 8
A number added to itself 13 times is 14 times the number, and 112 divided by 14 is 8.
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Correct Answer: 4
7 times 4 plus 5 times 2 is 38, so 4 pineapples were purchased.
Correct Answer: Rs. 13, Rs. 17
Solving 2B + 3C = 77 and 3B + 2C = 73 gives fares of Rs. 13 for B and Rs. 17 for C.
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Correct Answer: 23/30
Girls present are 7/9 of 3/5 and boys present are 3/4 of 2/5, totalling 23/30 of the class.
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Correct Answer: Same Weight
15 kg equals 15000 grams, so both weigh the same.
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100 MCQs, each with a verified answer and a factual explanation.
Current Affairs, Everyday Science, Mathematics, English, General Knowledge and Islamic Studies, with Current Affairs the largest block.
Yes. Every answer was reconciled three ways against the book's printed answer key and the standard fact; six key disagreements were corrected to the standard answer and ten items were retained with a note, all flagged internally.
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